Mario Party

I'm looking at my horribly scarred palm. No I wasn't crucified I ripped my hand open on a N64 analog stick rotating it like a madman to wind up a Shy Guy doll FOR NO REASON.

Really creative and great for sleepovers in middle school.

When they introduced this series I was amazed. Again another unique type game that has all these mini games in it to play vs your friends. This one actually had you go into the minus stats which later on in these the lowest you can go was 0.

Meh.

This is fun if you have four friends as the games make things interesting. Not necessary fun or fair but interesting.

This is a flawed gem in need of some polish. The board game minigame formula is there, but some games were so lopsided and poorly executed. Later ones would be better, I'd argue 4 is about its height.

Still the most successful adaptation of classic board games into the virtual medium. Mario characters being your tokens were the cherries on this cake. I could go on about the game's simple design being sneakily deep and the plethora of minigames the franchise has since wrought, but instead I'll just lament over what these games have turned in to. Nobody wants to share a car, Nintendo.

Mario Party is a fun game. No mistake. With a group it has the potential to be a great experience. HOWEVER! This is entirely predicated on how the particular round goes. Because Mario Party also has the potential to destroy your hands from too much spinning, destroy your friendships from too much betrayal and bad luck, and be an overall fighty and negative Monopoly-like experience. So take it or leave it.

good game

Release your inner psychopath family edition.